US 12,225,995 B2
Hair care appliance
Colby Jackson Higgins, Randolph, MA (US); Adam Udy, Eastbourne (GB); Stephen Murphy, Watertown, MA (US); Stephan James Godden, Woking (GB); Richard Mathias, Wellesley, MA (US); Nicholas James Sardar, London (GB); and Joshua Thomas Richards, Hassocks (GB)
Assigned to SharkNinja Operating LLC, Needham, MA (US)
Filed by SharkNinja Operating LLC, Needham, MA (US)
Filed on May 5, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/737,565.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/279,041, filed on Nov. 12, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0148723 A1, May 18, 2023
Int. Cl. A45D 20/12 (2006.01); A45D 1/04 (2006.01); A46B 5/00 (2006.01); A46B 9/02 (2006.01); A46B 15/00 (2006.01)
CPC A45D 20/12 (2013.01) [A45D 1/04 (2013.01); A45D 20/122 (2013.01); A46B 5/0058 (2013.01); A46B 9/023 (2013.01); A46B 15/003 (2013.01); A46B 15/0051 (2013.01); A46B 2200/104 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A hair care appliance, comprising:
a handle and a body coupled to the handle at a joint such that the body is movable between a straight configuration in which the body is aligned with a longitudinal axis of the handle, and a bent configuration in which the body extends along an axis that is transverse to the longitudinal axis of the handle, wherein the handle includes a first end defining an inlet, and a second end at the joint, and the body includes a first end at the joint and a second end defining an outlet, the handle and the body having a center of mass that is located below a longitudinal axis of the body and forward of the longitudinal axis of the handle in the bent configuration.